Liver
The liver is one of the largest organs in the human body and is located on the upper right side of the abdomen. It is of great importance because of its many functions such as converting food into energy, detoxification of the body, and the manufacture of yellow matter, In the digestion process, the liver is divided into two lobes called the right and left lobes, and there are many liver diseases such as hepatitis A, B, C, or diseases caused by toxins and some medications, as well as alcohol.
General symptoms of liver disease
Most symptoms of liver disease are similar. A major symptom of all liver diseases is jaundice, which is the yellowing of the eyes and skin due to the accumulation of a yellow substance called bilirubin. Other symptoms include abdominal pain, lack of appetite, vomiting and nausea, dark urine and stool Severe fatigue, low weight, fever, diarrhea, joint pain, lack of libido and others.
Liver diseases
Lever Inflammation
A liver disease caused by a virus such as hepatitis A virus, hepatitis C virus, and hepatitis B virus, leading to liver swelling, can develop to cause liver damage if the treatment is not done as soon as possible. You can move in one of the following ways:
- Direct contact with the blood or fluids of a person who is sick with this disease.
- Transmission of the disease from the infected mother to the child during childbirth.
- Sexual relations.
- Water and food contaminated with faeces.
- Non sterile needles.
Deposition of blood pigments
It is a disease caused by the deposition of a large amount of iron inside the body, also called the excessive loading of iron, and iron are useful elements of the body and is found in large quantities of red meat and grains added to iron, and this disease results in the absorption and storage of large amounts of iron in excess of the need of the body, The disease is very serious may cause a halt to the liver or pancreas or the heart, which is the organs that store excess iron than the body), and may develop to develop liver cirrhosis, cancer or liver failure.
Liver Cancer
It begins with the cells, which are the structural unit in the body. It is natural that the body makes new cells when needed to compensate the damaged or dead cells. This process may go in the wrong direction resulting in a cancerous tumor due to the presence of cancer cells that can spread quickly through the lymphatic channels and blood vessels. In the occurrence of this cancer either due to hepatitis c or b.
Other diseases
- Liver scarring.
- Alcoholic liver disease caused by drinking alcohol.
- Kidney failure.
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver resulting from accumulation of fat in the liver.